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' Then your covenant with death will be annulled,      and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through      you will be beaten down by it.' Isaiah 28:18 (NRSV) Do not be deceived. Covenants that bring death, God says that He will declare invalid. Agreements made with Hell, God says He will see it tumble. He will bring Judgment to the nations and through the actions of the lawbreakers He will see them fall and with them will be much trouble and suffering. There is hope. Only Christ can save the lost. But we must seek Him and obey. He is the only way to heaven. Yet we must want to go there and submit our selfish will to His Holy Will. On earth there is none righteous no not one. The flesh is weak. Only the Holy Ghost can bring the wisdom, strength and holiness that we seek. No one has the power to face every danger or live under his own protection without the righteous Hand of God. Only God's favor can bring happiness. G

 'Y ou can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.   Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!' John 14:13-14 (NLT) Dear Father, Thank you for your Word. Thank you for the Holy Spirit that is in us as believers. We know Him and that is to say that he pursued us before we even knew you Jesus. We knew you first and then He came to live inside of us. Oh Glorious day! Being Spirit filled is having the wisdom and the power of God in us. Giving ourselves over to Him in unity of purpose. Working together for the Father's will as one with the Father would. Praying as we ought. Doing as we ought. Denying self. Death to self and all those selfish pursuits and desires. Living life more completely and walking in the Spirit with His promises and purposes on full display. Glory! Glory to the Father. Great things He has done! How can this be? How else can it be any better, any other way? For all power in heave

' “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it. And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.' Exodus 26:31-33 (ESV Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for those of the Jewish faith. It means 'Day of Atonement'. This year, 2019, it was celebrated on October 8-9. What might the significance be when my Bible study group, following a study plan, discussed 'the Holiest' day on the day that it was celebrated? Perhaps, the purpose of it was to encourage me and to place in me a desire to dig a little deeper into the types of veils, all four of them, and their symbolism in the tabernacle. What was the signifi

' And this is the truth: God has given us the gift of eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  If you have the Son, you have eternal life. If you do not have the Son of God, you are not acquainted with true life.' 1 John 5:22-23 (VOICE)  Don't miss this. It is truth. To the one that refuses to trust and to obey Christ as the Son of God and to believe that he died for the sins of all, this one is therefore because of his own decision, condemned and is dead in sin. God is Holy. Because God Loves us He sent His only Son Jesus to die for us. As long as we still have breath in our lungs it's not too late! Christ is the only way to heaven. There are no other forms of morality, no greater teaching of ideas, no encouraging words of faith that will cover this sin of omission. Christ is the High Priest. He lives to intercede for us. He died on the Cross for us and his blood was shed as a sacrifice for you and me, an atonement for our sins. He defeated death. He

 'F or this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.   It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’   Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’   But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.   “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.   If you obey the commandments of the Lord your G od t hat I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,   I declare to y

'You set a table for me in the presence of my foes. You drench my head with oil. My cup is overflowing. Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23:5-6 (EHV) Even though the enemy sets out to destroy me, God delivers me in spite of them. God delivers and God also prepares and provides. God prepa res the banquet and provides the table with the entire feast while my opponents watch on in jealous rage and powerless annoyance at the prosperity. God, You remembered everything.  The celebration is real. The table is lacking nothing as One of great wealth and abundance would provide. You own it all. You own everything and You love me! I couldn't be any happier. I am filled with Your fullness and Your favor is upon me. You demonstrate Your favor daily, as One would do who knew me before, in my filthy condition. After all, I was coming into Your presence from yet another battle; dir